Fall 2014: Public Domain(s): Law, Generating Knowledge, and Furthering Innovation in the Information Economy
The Michigan State Law Review held the Public Domain(s) symposium in fall of 2014 from Thursday, October 2 to Friday, October 3, which was hosted by Michigan State College of Law Professors Jennifer Carter-Johnson and Adam Candeub, in conjunction with the Intellectual Property, Information & Communications Law program. The symposium centered around the conflict between patent and copyright law, which restricts public use of information, and intellectual property law, which recognizes that access to information is necessary to innovation.
Read Volume 2015’s Fall 2014 Symposium Articles here.
Schedule of Events
Thursday, October 30, 2014
9:00 a.m. Welcoming Remarks
9:30 a.m. Aereo, Copyright, and Innovation in the Public Interest
Leaps, Metes, and Bounds: Innovation Law and Its Logistics, 2015 Mich. St. L. Rev. 845
James M. Chen, Justin Smith Morrill Chair in Law, Professor, Michigan State University College of Law
Aereo: From Working Around Copyright to Thinking Inside the (Cable) Box, 2015 Mich. St. L. Rev. 465
Annemarie Bridy, Alan G. Sheppard Professor of Law, University of Idaho College of Law
Mark F. Schultz, Associate Professor, Southern Illinois University School of Law
Aereo and the Problem of Machine Volition, 2015 Mich. St. L. Rev. 485
Bruce Boyden, Assistant Professor, Marquette University Law School
Daniel Brenner, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
11:30 a.m. Lunch
12:30 p.m. Agriculture: How Should Intellectual Property Protect?
Defining Limits to the Application of the Statutory Experimental Use Exception Within the Agricultural Biotechnology Industry, 2015 Mich. St. L. Rev. 509
Jennifer Carter-Johnson, Associate Professor of Law, Michigan State University College of Law
Agricultural Biotechnology: Drawing on International Law to Promote Progress, 2015 Mich. St. L. Rev. 531
J. Janewa Osei-Tutu, Assistant Professor of Law, Florida International University College of Law
Regulatory Competitive Shelters as Incentives for Innovation in Agrobiotech, 2015 Mich. St. L. Rev. 553
Yaniv Heled, Assistant Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law
Living with Monsanto, 2015 Mich. St. L. Rev. 559
Daryl Lim, Associate Professor, John Marshall Law School
2:30 p.m. Break
2:45 p.m. Something New to Say About Network Neutrality?
Is There Anything New to Say About Network Neutrality?, 2015 Mich. St. L. Rev. 455
Adam Candeub, Professor, Director Intellectual Property, Information & Communications Law Program, Michigan State University College of Law
Net Neutrality: Something Old; Something New, 2015 Mich. St. L. Rev. 665
Justin (Gus) Hurwitz, Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska College of Law
The Risks and Rewards of Network Neutrality Under § 706, 2015 Mich. St. L. Rev. 723
John F. Blevins, Associate Professor Law, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
Johannes M. Bauer, Chairperson of the Department of Media & Information, Michigan State University
Jonathan Obar, Visiting Assistant Professor, Michigan State University; Associate Director, Quello Center
What's New in the Network Neutrality Debate, 2015 Mich. St. L. Rev. 739
Robert Frieden, Professor and Pioneers Chair in Telecommunication and Affiliate Law Faculty, Penn State University
6:00 p.m. Reception at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum
Friday, October 31, 2014
9:00 a.m. Beyond Intellectual Property
Patent Pledges: Between the Public Domain and Market Exclusivity, 2015 Mich. St. L. Rev 787
Jorge Contreras, Associate Professor, University of Utah College of Law; Adjunct Associate Professor, Human Genetics, University of Utah
The Right to Innovate, 2015 Mich. St. L. Rev. 793
Andrew W. Torrance, Professor and Docking Faculty Scholar, University of Kansas School of Law, with Eric von Hippel
Incongruities of Real and Intellectual Property: Economic Concerns in Patent Policy and Practice, 2015 Mich. St. L. Rev. 831
Thomas Jeitschko, Professor, Michigan State University
11:00 a.m. Concluding Remarks
James M. Chen, Justin Morrill Chair in Law, Professor, Michigan State University College of Law